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. >> to the operations center in germany. you were in the room. >> yes. >> you were able to see, hear, feel, understand what was going on in that room? >> we worked toward understanding, yes, sir. >> were you ever interviewed by the accountability review board? >> no, sir. >> your primary responsibility was to try -- "africom j-2 was focused on attribution, that attacks became attributable very soon after the event." what do you believe they were attributable to? >> an islamist extremist group. >> al qaeda? >> we felt it was [indiscernible] >> affiliated with al qaeda. >> yes. >> aq, were they involved? >> [indiscernible] >> how quickly did you come to the conclusion that you believed there were al qaeda affiliates or al qaeda themselves involved engaged in the attack? >> very soon, in the early hours of the activity. >> was it a video? >> no, sir. >> did it spark a protest? >> no, sir. >> i want to get the facts at the time. the cia station chief is quoted as saying, "not not an escalation protest." would you agree or disagr
. >> to the operations center in germany. you were in the room. >> yes. >> you were able to see, hear, feel, understand what was going on in that room? >> we worked toward understanding, yes, sir. >> were you ever interviewed by the accountability review board? >> no, sir. >> your primary responsibility was to try -- "africom j-2 was focused on attribution, that attacks became attributable very soon after the event." what do you believe they...
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if you talk about energy sanctions, germany is a little bit more effect it. in europe we have an interest if matters come to such a pass that we need to go further that we have a mix of sanctions where each and every country suffers a little bit. not one country suffering a little bit and not one country suffering at all. in europe, we have possibilities to do things -- we have worked with russia and we give them credit lines and also european bank investment. we could take a moment and think whether we should not do certain changes as regards the way we treat russia. that is something the u.s. is not able to do. there is not 100% alignment between what we do but there has to be some kind of fair balance. that some companies are affected 100% and some not at all. the eu is careful in preparing work and looking at that aspect on the whole, trade between europe and russia obviously is much more closely developed then trade between the u.s. and russia. >> show we go to the side? we shall move back here where they seem to have people with more questions. how much
if you talk about energy sanctions, germany is a little bit more effect it. in europe we have an interest if matters come to such a pass that we need to go further that we have a mix of sanctions where each and every country suffers a little bit. not one country suffering a little bit and not one country suffering at all. in europe, we have possibilities to do things -- we have worked with russia and we give them credit lines and also european bank investment. we could take a moment and think...
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angela merkel, chancellor of germany. [applause] >> >> chancellor merkel, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the chamber of commerce of the united states. my name is tom donohue. i and the president and ceo of this fine institution. i want to thank you for being here. i would like to extend a special welcome to those of you visiting our headquarters for the first time. the chamber is a 102-year-old organization. this building serves as the central rallying point for the u.s. business community. we host several hundred meetings here in this room alone every year. the room we are gathered in today, the international hall of flags is rich in symbolism and history. the room takes its name after the overhead banners of 12 great explorers who blazed the first halves of trade. they planted the first seed of commercial and industrial growth in the new world. they planted the first seeds of commercial and industrial growth in the new world. these flags remind us that the transatlantic relationship has been arou
angela merkel, chancellor of germany. [applause] >> >> chancellor merkel, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the chamber of commerce of the united states. my name is tom donohue. i and the president and ceo of this fine institution. i want to thank you for being here. i would like to extend a special welcome to those of you visiting our headquarters for the first time. the chamber is a 102-year-old organization. this building serves as the central rallying point...
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and germany. this is 40 minutes. honor toalways a great welcome my friend, chancellor merkel, to the white house. angela is one of my closest partner and with her indulgence, i want to start by making two brief comments. first, as president, my top priority is doing everything we can to create more jobs and opportunities for hard-working families for our economic strength as a source of strength in the world. this morning, we learned that our businesses created 273,000 new jobs last month. all told, our businesses have now created 9.2 million new jobs over 50 consecutive months of job growth. the grit and determination of the american people are moving us forward, but we have to keep a relentless focus on job creation and creating more opportunities for working families. there is plenty more that congress should be doing, from raising the minimum wage to creating good construction jobs rebuilding america. i want to work with them wherever i can, but i keep acting on my own wherever i must do to make sure that every a
and germany. this is 40 minutes. honor toalways a great welcome my friend, chancellor merkel, to the white house. angela is one of my closest partner and with her indulgence, i want to start by making two brief comments. first, as president, my top priority is doing everything we can to create more jobs and opportunities for hard-working families for our economic strength as a source of strength in the world. this morning, we learned that our businesses created 273,000 new jobs last month. all...
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germany is russia's's largest trading partner in the eu. they have more economic interest in the u.s. and its owing to be hard to pressure russia and a major way unless the europeans are willing to play. host: let me share what jack lew told members of congress when it came to sanctions and at russia and the wealthy individuals linked to president putin. [video clip] >> if you look at the impact on russia's economy, it is misleading to look at what happens day by day. you have to look over the period of time since russia went into crimea and since we have imposed sanctions. there has been a substantial deterioration in rush's already weak economy. we see and the stock exchange on the exchange rate. they were downgraded to one notch above junk. what the rationale on the bond rating was in part with sanctions. how do we proceed in a careful way? president clinton has acknowledged -- resident pu -- president putin has a knowledge of the sanctions are creating pressure. we need to keep our options open. we are prepared to take more action and w
germany is russia's's largest trading partner in the eu. they have more economic interest in the u.s. and its owing to be hard to pressure russia and a major way unless the europeans are willing to play. host: let me share what jack lew told members of congress when it came to sanctions and at russia and the wealthy individuals linked to president putin. [video clip] >> if you look at the impact on russia's economy, it is misleading to look at what happens day by day. you have to look...
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.> at home until i was recalled click the operations center in germany. you were in the room. >> yes. >> you were able to see, hear, feel, understand what was going on in that room? >> we worked toward understanding, yes, sir. >> were you ever interviewed by the accountability review board? >> no, sir. >> your primary responsibility -- "j two was focused on attribution, that attacks became a german will very soon after the event." what do you believe they were attributable to? >> an islamist extremist group. >> al qaeda? >> we felt it was austria. >> affiliated with al qaeda. >> yes. im, were they involved russian mark -- involved? how quickly did you come to the conclusion that you believed there were al qaeda affiliates or al qaeda themselves involved attack?in the >> very soon come in the early hours of the activity. >> was it a video? >> no, sir. -- >> did itart sparked a protest? >> no, sir. >> i want to get the facts at a time. the cia station chief is quoted as saying, "not not an escalation a protest." would you agree or disagree with the cia stat
.> at home until i was recalled click the operations center in germany. you were in the room. >> yes. >> you were able to see, hear, feel, understand what was going on in that room? >> we worked toward understanding, yes, sir. >> were you ever interviewed by the accountability review board? >> no, sir. >> your primary responsibility -- "j two was focused on attribution, that attacks became a german will very soon after the event." what do you...
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i was also a soldier in germany during the vietnam war. a lot of times the politicians, when they say yeah, let's go over and there were going to do this and that, they are not overseas like the american , facing problems of politicians coming up with and saying ok, you're going to get involved with this. we are putting our lives on the line. i think they're more or less playing politics. obama is one of the first presidents in a long time does come up with a more sensible foreign-policy. as far as republicans, i did like kerry kissinger. me move onto steve, he's a republican in texas. what do you think? caller: i cannot believe i have talked to guys twice in the last two months. i think we are becoming divided nation. abraham lincoln said that a house divided cannot stand. we have never been more divided. even problems that enables our african-american society has been enabled to our leaders. politically divided. we have become weak. host: what does that have to do with the president's foreign-policy? caller: we have to come together as a
i was also a soldier in germany during the vietnam war. a lot of times the politicians, when they say yeah, let's go over and there were going to do this and that, they are not overseas like the american , facing problems of politicians coming up with and saying ok, you're going to get involved with this. we are putting our lives on the line. i think they're more or less playing politics. obama is one of the first presidents in a long time does come up with a more sensible foreign-policy. as...
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now that is controversial. >> if nazi germany had gun laws -- >> if germany had america's hadlaws -- >> if germany made firearms available to the public -- >> then hitler never would've happened, exactly. >> you are a fan of our current gun laws. >> no, not particularly, but it is in our constitution. i am a fan of that. ok -- [laughter] will notgree that we illuminate your thinking anymore on the comparison of the rich one percent with the jews in nazi germany. to talk aboute the nature of the persecution of the one percent. i would like to start with some facts, which are always useful. >> and may or may not be useful, but go ahead very >> well, we will see. thinkof all, i don't anybody has any idea what the one percent is actually contributing to america. let me just get into that very quickly. i have it here somewhere. bit aboutk a little the persecution of the rich. ochould like to take the k brothers. contributors to charities and so forth. koch was on the board of the new york presbyterian hospital. the hospital is going bankrupt and so david gave $100 million to the hospital.
now that is controversial. >> if nazi germany had gun laws -- >> if germany had america's hadlaws -- >> if germany made firearms available to the public -- >> then hitler never would've happened, exactly. >> you are a fan of our current gun laws. >> no, not particularly, but it is in our constitution. i am a fan of that. ok -- [laughter] will notgree that we illuminate your thinking anymore on the comparison of the rich one percent with the jews in nazi...
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. >> if nazi germany had gun laws? >> if germany had america's gun laws. >> america's gun laws, making guns widely available to the public. >> to anyone who wants them, yes. >> that the jews then would have been able to defend themselves? >> hitler would have never come to power. >> interesting. >> so there. >> we're really straying off topic, and we won't dwell on it, but you're a fan of our current gun laws? >> no, not particularly, but it's in our constitution. i'm a fan of that. i don't have any guns. >> ok. [laughter] >> we will agree to disagree. we will agree that we won't illuminate your thinking anymore on the comparison of the rich 1% with the jews in nazi germany. >> i'd like to talk about the nature of the persecution of the 1%, here in america, right now. >> sure. >> i'd like to start with some facts, which are always useful. >> they may or may not be useful, but go ahead. >> well, we'll see. first of all, i don't think anybody has any idea what the 1% is actually contributing to america. let me just get i
. >> if nazi germany had gun laws? >> if germany had america's gun laws. >> america's gun laws, making guns widely available to the public. >> to anyone who wants them, yes. >> that the jews then would have been able to defend themselves? >> hitler would have never come to power. >> interesting. >> so there. >> we're really straying off topic, and we won't dwell on it, but you're a fan of our current gun laws? >> no, not particularly,...
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time in the air force and the navy, but one of the interesting experiences you had is you were in east germany so you became familiar with the horrors of the official propaganda system. the stasi and so forth. you understand the need of information for a free society been in the have not unlike snowden, you are a contractor but then you rose to a high official position. surely, living in washington, as you do, you are probably aware. we had lunch today. i remember when i was reporting for "the l.a. times and the development of a star wars system, i think it just goes to the point i was on tsa or a southwest airlines, a plane going from l.a. to san jose but and edward teller -- maybe not known to all of our students, but he was the father behind the instrumentals very in getting ronald reagan to support star wars. they were going to have an x-ray laser. he said, where you going and i said i am going to the stanford arms-control program. he said make sure sid tells you about the great results we had on the cottage test. we got lazing. true, that would be the biggest change in the military balanc
time in the air force and the navy, but one of the interesting experiences you had is you were in east germany so you became familiar with the horrors of the official propaganda system. the stasi and so forth. you understand the need of information for a free society been in the have not unlike snowden, you are a contractor but then you rose to a high official position. surely, living in washington, as you do, you are probably aware. we had lunch today. i remember when i was reporting for...
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germany has a pipeline underneath the baltics to connect directly to russia. i think that is one of the reasons you will see germany they do getnt -- their money from -- 40% of their gas from russia. the u.s. and russian economy is not nearly as integrated. there is certainly a love for he that it can cause us and european allies a lot of .inancial distress host: are we developing the infrastructure -- guest: i believe there are five or six lng terminal points. only one of those in louisiana is currently under construction. we are a long ways out from making the u.s. export industry to where we can help our allies in europe. opened a have recently liquefied terminal. we are equal to get fish eager get ---- we are eager to a lot of them are buying gas from russians. all of these countries are coming to us and saying, look, we are interested in buying energy resources but the problem is we are at least 10 years out from being able to fulfill the requests. host: we are talking with hannah thoburn from the foreign-policy initiative. what is your group? is a small
germany has a pipeline underneath the baltics to connect directly to russia. i think that is one of the reasons you will see germany they do getnt -- their money from -- 40% of their gas from russia. the u.s. and russian economy is not nearly as integrated. there is certainly a love for he that it can cause us and european allies a lot of .inancial distress host: are we developing the infrastructure -- guest: i believe there are five or six lng terminal points. only one of those in louisiana is...
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ofnot joining the league vie -- after verdict >> versai will les, by allowing kreup reparations against germany, the country that succeeded in being the guarantor of the global system after the war, underwriting the world bank, the integration.obal if you look at its distressing fatigue with the world, most demonstrate bid a to support aternational organizations, disstressing difficulty in consensus political for trade agreements that integration, a failure indo what's self evidently the interest of american workers support the xm banks, see, to,there for you, a failure a concern and a desire to ramp back military spending in a our potential adversaries military spending is rapidly. a reluctance to become embroiled in foreign challenges because they are too hard. ultimately, whether we will judged by history to have won the piece after the cold war, as we did after the second world war is in more today than would have seemed likely five or 10 years ago. the conventional security challenges, the conventional economic integration challenges that i've talked about. it's also the challenge of and g
ofnot joining the league vie -- after verdict >> versai will les, by allowing kreup reparations against germany, the country that succeeded in being the guarantor of the global system after the war, underwriting the world bank, the integration.obal if you look at its distressing fatigue with the world, most demonstrate bid a to support aternational organizations, disstressing difficulty in consensus political for trade agreements that integration, a failure indo what's self evidently the...